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AUB Faculty and Staff Book Publications: 2019-Present: Basic Medical Sciences Departments

Explore monograph and chapter publications authored, edited, or translated by AUB faculty and staff between 2019 and to date.

Books by year

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Rahal, E. A., Shirinian, M., & Dessi, D. (Eds.). (2022). The microbial modulation of autoimmune processes and proinflammatory pathways. Frontiers Media. https://doi.org/10.3389/978-2-88976-932-2

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Mohamed, W., & Kobeissy, F. H. (Eds.). (2022). Nutrition and psychiatric disorders. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-5021-6 Available at UL

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Matar, G. M., & Andremont, A. (Eds.). (2020). Combating antimicrobial resistance - A one health approach. Frontiers Media. 10.3389/978-2-88963-515-3

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Kobeissy, F. H. (Ed.). (2019). Psychiatric disorders: Methods and protocols (2nd ed.). Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-9554-7 Available at UL

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Kobeissy, F., Alawieh, A., Zaraket, F. A., & Wang, K. (Eds.). (2019). Leveraging biomedical and healthcare data: Semantics, analytics and knowledge. Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/C2015-0-06232-3 Available at UL

Book chapters by year

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Abdel Malak, L., Al Souki, M. S., Moubayed, I., Ghamlouche, F., & Abou-Kheir, W. (2024). Role of tumor microenvironment in prostate cancer therapy resistance. In H. F. Bahmad (Ed.), Therapy resistance in prostate cancer: Mechanisms and insights (pp. 27-56). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-16032-5.00014-2 

Bakkar, N.-M. Z., Osman, S. T., Alzaim, I., & El-Yazbi, A. F. (2024). Depot-biased ROS: A middleman in adipose-driven cardiovascular disease. In A. H. Eid, F. Kobeissy, & A. F. El-Yazbi (Eds.), Oxidative stress in cardiovascular-metabolic diseases (pp. 97-118). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-62131-4_3 Available at UL

Deb, A., Patel, N., Patel, P. A., Kilinc, E., Hachem, S., Elajami, M., & Mansour, E. (2024). Immunotherapeutic strategies and immunotherapy resistance in prostate cancer. In H. F. Bahmad (Ed.), Therapy resistance in prostate cancer: Mechanisms and insights (pp. 235-253). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-16032-5.00010-5 

Gomez, A. S., Hachem, S., & Poppiti, R. (2024). Resistance of prostate cancer to topoisomerase inhibitors. In H. F. Bahmad (Ed.), Therapy resistance in prostate cancer: Mechanisms and insights (pp. 157-178). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-16032-5.00005-1 

Hachem, S., Fakhereddine, H., Yehya, A., & Abou-Kheir, W. (2024). Role of cancer stem cells in prostate cancer therapy resistance. In H. F. Bahmad (Ed.), Therapy resistance in prostate cancer: Mechanisms and insights (pp. 107-136). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-16032-5.00006-3 

Ibeh, S., Babale, I., Nwaiwu, J., Reslan, M., Mohamed, W., Goli, M., Mechref, Y., & Kobeissy, F. (2024). The Western Diet puzzle: Connecting metabolic dysfunction to cognitive and neurological consequences. In W. Mohamed & F. Kobeissy (Eds.), Nutrition and psychiatric disorders: An evidence-based approach to understanding the diet-brain connection (pp. 467-483). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-2681-3_21 Available at UL

Karam, M., Itani, M. M., Faraj, M., Jaffa, A. A., Jelwan, J., Aldeen, K. S., & Jaffa, A. A. (2024). Oxidative stress and cardiovascular disease: Implication of gender and age. In A. H. Eid, F. Kobeissy, & A. F. El-Yazbi (Eds.), Oxidative stress in cardiovascular-metabolic diseases (pp. 1-23). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-62131-4_1 Available at UL

Srour, L., Ismail, J., Njeim, R., & Eid, A. A. (2024). Exploring the evolving role of SGLT-2 inhibitors and GLP-1 receptor agonists in managing cardiovascular injury induced by obesity: Spotlight on ROS as a key mediator. In A. H. Eid, F. Kobeissy, & A. F. El-Yazbi (Eds.), Oxidative stress in cardiovascular-metabolic diseases (pp. 207-226). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-62131-4_8 Available at UL

Yehya, A., Bahmad, H., & Abou-Kheir, W. (2024). In vitro tumorigenic assay: A tumor sphere assay for cancer stem cells. In F. Papaccio & G. Papaccio (Eds.), Cancer stem cells: Methods and protocols (pp. 91-98). Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-3730-2_7 Available at UL

Yehya, A., Ghamlouche, F., Hachem, S., & Abou-Kheir, W. (2024). Prostate cancer organoids for tumor modeling and drug screening. In F. Papaccio & G. Papaccio (Eds.), Cancer stem cells: Methods and protocols (pp. 135-144). Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-3730-2_10 Available at UL

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Bakkar, N.-M. Z., Ibeh, S., AlZaim, I., El-Yazbi, A. F., & Kobeissy, F. (2023). High-fat diets in traumatic brain injury: A ketogenic diet resolves what the Western diet messes up neuroinflammation and beyond. In C. R. Martin, V. B. Patel, & V. R. Preedy (Eds.), Diet and nutrition in neurological disorders (pp. 175-197). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-323-89834-8.00022-2 

Dakroub, F., El Orfali, Y., Mantash, S., Alkalamouni, H., Dakroub, R., & Kobeissy, F. (2023). Receptor tyrosine kinases in major depressive disorder. In H. M. Mansour, M. M. Khattab, & A. S. El-khatib (Eds.), Receptor tyrosine kinases in neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders (pp. 331-349). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-443-18677-6.00009-9 

Darwish, B., El-Mallah, C., Kobeissy, F., Abou-Kheir, W., & Chamaa, F. (2023). Lipids, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), and traumatic brain injury. In C. R. Martin, V. B. Patel, & V. R. Preedy (Eds.), Diet and nutrition in neurological disorders (pp. 239-255). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-323-89834-8.00028-3 

Habeichi, N. J., Amin, G., Massoud, G. P., Diab, R., Mericskay, M., Booz, G. W., & Zouein, F. A. (2023). Interactions between the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system and COVID-19: Pharmacological interventions. In P. M. Pilowsky (Ed.), Angiotensin: From the kidney to coronavirus (pp. 355-373). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-99618-1.00006-4

Massoud, G. P., Eid, A. E., Booz, G. W., Rached, L., Yabluchanskiy, A., & Zouein, F. A. (2023). Senolytics in diseases killing to survive. In V. K. Koltover (Ed.), Anti-aging pharmacology (pp. 245-267). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-823679-6.00009-6 

Saliba, J., El-Sabban, M., Shaito, A., El-Harakeh, M., Obeid, J., El Hajj, H., & El-Sabban, M. (2023). Cancer metastasis: Dynamic hetero-cellular communications between cancer cells and host tissues. In N. Rezaei (Ed.), Handbook of cancer and immunology (pp. 1-31). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80962-1_57-1 Available at UL

Shaito, A., Saliba, J., Obeid, J., El-Harakeh, M., El Hajj, H., & El-Sabban, M. (2022). Intercellular communication in cancer. In N. Rezaei (Ed.), Handbook of cancer and immunology (pp. 1-36). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80962-1_39-1 Available at UL

Zouein, F. A., LaMarca, B. B., & Booz, G. W. (2023). Protective role of the AT1 receptor in the heart: A biosensor of stress. In N. S. Dhalla, S. K. Bhullar, & A. K. Shah (Eds.), The renin angiotensin system in cardiovascular disease (pp. 349-362). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14952-8_21 

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Abdelhady, S., Issa, H., Ashekyan, O., Haidar, M. A., Outani, O., Samir, Y., Belal, E., Shakkour, Z., Mondello, S., & Kobeissy, F. H. (2022). Brain injury biomarkers: Proteins and autoantibodies interplay. In R. Rajendram, V. R. Preedy, & C. R. Martin (Eds.), Diagnosis and treatment of traumatic brain injury (pp. 239-250). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-823347-4.00036-1 

Al-Chaer, E. D. (2022). Managing creativity on a budget: The future of academic research and development in Lebanon. In A. Badran, E. Baydoun, & Hillman, J. R. (Eds.), Higher education in the Arab world: Research and development (pp. 275-296). Springer. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-80122-9_16 Available at UL

Al-Haj, N., Issa, H., El Zein, O., Ibeh, S., Reslan, M. A., Yehya, Y., Kobeissy, F., Zibara, K., Eid, A. H., & Shaito, A. (2022). Phytochemicals as micronutrients: What is their therapeutic promise in the management of traumatic brain injury?. In W. Mohamed & T. Yamashita (Eds.), Role of micronutrients in brain health (pp. 245-276). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6467-0_14 Available at UL

Bsat, S., Chanbour, H., Amine, A., Moussalem, C., El Houshiemy, M. N., Kawtharani, S., Halaoui, A., Kobeissy, F., Alomari, S., & Omeis, I. (2022). Protein degradome in spinal cord injury. In R. Rajendram, V. R. Preedy & C. R. Martin (Eds.), Cellular, molecular, physiological, and behavioral aspects of spinal cord injury (pp. 133-142). Academic Press.  https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-822427-4.00011-3 

Dakroub, F., Alkalamouni, H., & Dakroub, R. (2022). Ketogenic diet: Implications for treatment and injury in neuropsychiatry and motor functioning. In W. Mohamed & F. H. Kobeissy (Eds.), Nutrition and psychiatric disorders (pp. 51-74). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-5021-6_3 Available at UL

El-Baba, C., Eid, A. H., Shaito, A., Kobeissy, F., & Darwiche, N. (2022). Retinoids and reactive oxygen species in cancer cell death and therapeutics. In S. Chakraborti, B. K. Ray, & S. Roychoudhury (Eds.), Handbook of oxidative stress in cancer: Mechanistic aspects (pp. 2589-2610). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9411-3_186 Available at UL

Harb, F., Azar, W. S., Ghadieh, H. E., Njeim, R., Tawk, Y., Costantine, J., Kanj, R., & Eid, A. A. (2022). Future developments in invasive and non-invasive diabetes monitoring. In K. K. Sadasivuni, J.-J. Cabibihan, A. K. A. M. Al-Ali, & R. A. Malik (Eds.), Advanced bioscience and biosystems for detection and management of diabetes (pp. 293-313). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99728-1_15 Available at UL

Khoueiry-Zgheib, N., Lertora, J. J. L., & Branch, R. A. (2022). Effect of liver disease on pharmacokinetics. In S. M. Huang, J. J. L. Lertora, P. Vicini, & A. J. Atkinson Jr. (Eds.), Atkinson's Principles of clinical pharmacology (4th ed., pp. 91-112). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-819869-8.00005-7 

Moussalem, C., Ftouni, L., Mneimneh, F., Bsat, S., El Houshiemy, M. N., Kawtharani, S., Halaoui, A., Alomari, S., Sarieddine, R., Kobeissy, F., & Omeis, I. (2022). Cervical spinal cord injury and thermoregulatory processes: A new narrative. In R. Rajendram, V. R. Preedy & C. R. Martin (Eds.), Cellular, molecular, physiological, and behavioral aspects of spinal cord injury (pp. 425-433). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-822427-4.00035-6

Reslan, M. A., Issa, H., Al-Haj, N., Ibeh, S., Yehya, Y., Hajj Hassan, H., Kobeissy, F., Eid, A. H., Zibara, K., & Shaito, A. (2022). Phytochemicals as micronutrients: What is their therapeutic promise in the management of Alzheimer's disease?. In W. Mohamed & T. Yamashita (Eds.), Role of micronutrients in brain health (pp. 277-308). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6467-0_15 Available at UL

Tabet, M., Reslan, M. A., Haidar, M. A., Issa, H., El Dor, M., Abedi, R., Nasrallah, L., Eid, A., Zibara, K., & Kobeissy, F. H. (2022). Drug interventions and stem cells in traumatic brain injury: Translation from experimental model to bedside. In R. Rajendram, V. R. Preedy, & C. R. Martin (Eds.), Diagnosis and treatment of traumatic brain injury (pp. 39-55). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-823347-4.00012-9 

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Basset, C. A., Cappello, F., Rappa, F., Jurjus, A. R., Conway de Macario, E., Macario, A. J. L., & Leone, A. (2021). Chaperonin Hsp60 and cancer therapies. In A. A. A. Asea & P. Kaur (Eds.), Heat shock proteins in human diseases (pp. 31-52). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/7515_2020_1 Available at UL

Chamaa, F., Darwish, B., Saadé, N. E., & Abou-Kheir, W. (2021). Assessment of adult hippocampal neurogenesis: Implication for neurodegenerative diseases and neurological disorders. In M. Fakhoury (Ed.), The brain reward system (pp. 77-92). Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1146-3_4 Available at UL

Fakhoury, M., Mohamad Ali Ahmad, R. H., Al-Chaer, E. D., & Lawand, N. B. (2021). Behavioral tests for assessing pain and nociception: Relationship with the brain reward systems. In M. Fakhoury (Ed.), The brain reward system (pp. 169-179). Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1146-3_8 Available at UL

Sinjab, A., Daouk, R., Abou-Kheir, W., & Kadara, H. (2021). Whole transcriptome sequencing analysis of cancer stem/progenitor cells obtained from mouse lung adenocarcinomas. In P. G. Santiago-Cardona (Ed.), Lung cancer: Methods and protocols (pp. 187-198). Humana Press https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1278-1_15 Available at UL

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Al-Chaer, E. D. (2020). Government, governance, and the university: The case for Lebanon. In A. Badran, E. Baydoun, & Hillman, J. R. (Eds.), Higher education in the Arab world: Government and governance (pp. 219-264). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58153-4_9 Available at UL

Awada, Z., Akika, R., & Khoueiry-Zgheib, N. (2020). Methods for epigenomic analyses: DNA methylation. In D. A. Forero & G. P. Patrinos (Eds.), Genome plasticity in health and disease: Translational and applied genomics (pp. 27-45). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-817819-5.00003-6 

Cortas, N. (2020). Innovations in creating incentives for academic achievement and growth: Developing a compensation model at the Faculty of Medicine of the American University of Beirut (AUBFM) 1999–2009. In A. Badran, E. Baydoun, & Hillman, J. R. (Eds.), Higher education in the Arab world: Building a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship (pp. 279-326). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37834-9_13 Available at UL

Kobeissy, F. H., Ahmad, F., Shaito, A., Hasan, H., Abdelhady, S., Nasrallah, L., Shaito, N., Hajj Hassan, H., Zibara, K., Yadikar, H., Yang, Z., Istanbouli, A., & Wang, K. K. (2020). Autoantibodies in central nervous system trauma: New frontiers for diagnosis and prognosis biomarkers. In A. H. B. Wu & W. F. Peacock (Eds.), Biomarkers for traumatic brain injury (pp. 431-451). Academic Press. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-816346-7.00029-4 

Massaad, M. J. (2020). Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome deficiency. In I. R. MacKay, N. R. Rose, J. S. Orange & J. Chinen (Eds.), Encyclopedia of medical immunology (pp. 697-704). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8678-7_162 Available at UL 

Massaad, M. J. (2020). Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein-Interacting Protein (WIP) deficiency. In I. R. MacKay, N. R. Rose, J. S. Orange & J. Chinen (Eds.), Encyclopedia of medical immunology (pp. 705-713). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8678-7_163 Available at UL

Rafeh, R. W., Abdelraouf, K., Haddad, N., Rizk, N., & El-Yazbi, A. F. (2020). Antimicrobial therapeutic drug monitoring. In I. M. Ghazi & M. J. Cawley (Eds.), 21st century challenges in antimicrobial therapy and stewardship (pp. 263-297). Bentham Science Books. 

Yadikar, H., Sarkis, G. A., Kurup, M., Kobeissy, F., & Wang, K. K. (2020). Peptidomics and traumatic brain injury: Biomarker utilities for a theragnostic approach. In A. H. B. Wu & W. F. Peacock (Eds.), Biomarkers for traumatic brain injury (pp. 419-430). Academic Press. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-816346-7.00028-2 

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Cortas, N., & Rahal, B. (2019). Role and impact of bibliometric analysis of research productivity in faculty evaluation, recruitment, promotion, reappointment, benchmarking, and in Mission-Based Management (MBM): Experience of the Faculty of Medicine at the American University of Beirut (AUB), 1997–2007. In A. Badran, E. Baydoun, & J. Hillman (Eds.), Major challenges facing higher education in the Arab world: Quality assurance and relevance (pp. 289-324). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03774-1_15 Available at UL

Fadlallah, B., Fadlallah, A., Razafsha, M., Karnib, N., Wang, K., & Kobeissy, F. (2019). Robust detection of epilepsy using weighted-permutation entropy: Methods and analysis. In F. Kobeissy, A. Alawieh, F. A. Zaraket, & K. Wang (Eds.), Leveraging biomedical and healthcare data: Semantics, analytics and knowledge (pp. 91-106). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809556-0.00006-X Available at UL

Hasan, H., Abdelhady, S., Haidar, M., Fakih, C., El Hayek, S., Mondello, S., Kobeissy, F. H., & Shaito, A. (2019). Rodent models of methamphetamine misuse: Mechanisms of methamphetamine action and comparison of different rodent paradigms. In F. Kobeissy (Ed.), Psychiatric disorders: Methods and protocols (2nd ed., pp. 221-250). Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-9554-7_13 Available at UL

Naser Al Deen, N., Nassar, F., Nasr, R., & Talhouk, R. (2019). Cross-roads to drug resistance and metastasis in breast cancer: miRNAs regulatory function and biomarker capability. In A. Ahmad (Ed.), Breast cancer metastasis and drug resistance: Challenges and progress (2nd ed., pp. 335-364). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20301-6_18 Available at UL

Srivastava, A. B., Kobeissy, F. H., & Gold, M. S. (2019). Qualitative vs. quantitative methods in psychiatric research: Updated. In F. Kobeissy (Ed.), Psychiatric disorders: Methods and protocols (2nd ed., pp. 23-37). Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-9554-7_2 Available at UL

Zeitoun, R., Abou Diwan, E., Nasr, R., & Khoueiry-Zgheib, N. (2019). Pharmacoepigenetic considerations for the treatment of breast cancer. In R. Cacabelos (Ed.), Pharmacoepigenetics (pp. 531-539). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-813939-4.00015-2 Available at UL